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EMU’s 2019 achievement and leadership excellence awardees honored at spring chapel

April 24, 2019Last updated April 25, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Eastern Mennonite University community gathered to celebrate student successes of the 2019 spring semester and special end-of-the-academic-year recognitions. Academics Academic Success Center Nursing major Audrey Martin was recognized as

Second annual ACE Festival showcases student research, learning and creativity

April 22, 2019Last updated April 23, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

A few friendly faces in the audience helped senior social work majors Eliana Tejedor and Jakya Jones through their presentations during a session on Virginia legislation at Eastern Mennonite University’s

Ten seniors honored with Cords of Distinction

April 8, 2019Last updated April 12, 2019 by EMU communications

Ten graduating seniors will be honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 4, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). They will wear gold and blue cords

Senior orator wins C. Henry Smith contest with speech on the silencing of the church’s ‘political’ voice

April 4, 2019Last updated April 15, 2019 by Jourdyn Friend

Sylvia Mast, a senior biology major and honors minor from Broadway, Virginia, won the C. Henry Smith oratorical contest at Eastern Mennonite University with her speech “An Exploration of Language—Recognizing

Spring Concerto/Aria Orchestral Concert to feature competition winners

March 28, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two Eastern Mennonite University students have been named winners of the university’s first concerto/aria competition, thereby earning performance spots with the EMU Orchestra during its spring Concerto/Aria Orchestral Concert. The

Enviromental sciences professor speaks on nitrogen, ‘the genie out of the bottle’

March 27, 2019Last updated March 28, 2019 by EMU communications

University of Virginia professor of environmental sciences James Galloway will present a Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University titled Nitrogen Out of the Bottle: The Challenge of Managing the

EMU’s D.C. program offers policy and advocacy internship opportunities to support new majors

March 25, 2019Last updated March 25, 2019 by Karlyn Gehring and Lauren Jefferson

A spring semester visit by Eastern Mennonite University students, history professors Mark Metzler Sawin, Mary Sprunger and Ji Eun Kim, and career services director Kimberly Phillips highlighted internship opportunities in

New programs of study beginning this fall: political and global studies

March 25, 2019Last updated March 27, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s two newest programs of study embody its mission to prepare students to “serve and lead in a global context.” A political studies major and revised minor and

‘Deconstruct and decolonize our history’: UCC minister of racial justice The Rev. Dr. Velda Love urges ownership, truthtelling

March 15, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Rev. Dr. Velda Love brought her message of empowerment, truthtelling and biblical understanding to Eastern Mennonite University for three events related to Women’s History Month. Love is the United

EMU and community to perform Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

March 12, 2019Last updated April 1, 2019 by Florence Barrett

Rehearsals of Eastern Mennonite University’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” are in full swing. For a complicated scene change, actors push a steep staircase, large table and oversized chairs

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